Woodcut of woman in Paris Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová 1894-1980 Czech illustrator, & graphic artist the first woman to create a wordless novel, a genre that emerged in 1920s Europe & presaged the contemporary graphic novel. from manuscript, called Malířka Na Cestách (The Artist on Her Journey), tells the story of a young woman who moves to Paris to study art on a government grant